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whatlaw-wasbroken t1_j55fank wrote

When the southern extension of Kansas Expressway is complete, it may alleviate some the congestion. Other than that, nope, they have bigger fish to fry as of now.

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417SKCFAN t1_j55gpyq wrote

It may redirect some congestion into residential neighborhood areas. The dumping out of this road onto a winding, narrow road down to Nixa that is known to flood will be a new bottleneck.

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VaderTower t1_j577fnp wrote

Well the long term plan is that all of those roads get bigger. You essentially always need a grid of major roads spaced no matter how residential. Everything is a residential road or a farm road until business comes with density.

Then to add to that you can do all the infrastructure at once, you have to start somewhere, and extending Kansas is already 20 years overdue.

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417SKCFAN t1_j57jwch wrote

And the plan wasn’t secret, it’s just a poor plan. A 2 lane 40 MPH road cutting through residential areas and roads and dumping into a crappy road with low water bridges is not going to do much good IMO.

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snorlaxatives_69 OP t1_j55g1xe wrote

Yeah like adding sidewalks to neighborhood roads that don’t need them lmao

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tomtom348 t1_j55u9nl wrote

imagine thinking neighborhood sidewalks are a bad thing. this is peak car brain

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snorlaxatives_69 OP t1_j55um1x wrote

Not against sidewalks in neighborhoods. There are just more pressing matters than sidewalks in low traffic neighborhoods.

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Sgthouse t1_j5610lh wrote

So why don’t you prepare a list with the order in which all of our road related problems need to be taken care of and then give it to city council?

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whatlaw-wasbroken t1_j55mljl wrote

That may be because of ADA laws. I honestly don't know what's required when it comes the ratio of sidewalk access versus streets. It also widely depends upon source of the funding. Many states and even the fed have grants for various programs. If that's the case the city doesn't have a choice on where the money goes if they accept it

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malevolentk t1_j57dfdr wrote

Well considering they keep reducing bus routes - the kids who have to walk to school or further to bus routes DO need more sidewalks

What kind of fucking planner didn’t put sidewalks everywhere anyway?

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